The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-03-04
A GHOST STORY.
IN. HEr.)

steadfastly held to opinions similar to the
above. notwithstanding evidence to the
contrary often times had presented itself,
sufficient IN itself under ordinary eircum-
stances to have changed this opinion. In
the story arr about to relate will sim
pity, give the facts, incidents, ETC., as
they actually occurred without coloring
of any kind, in order that the credulous
and incredulous alike can form their own
opinions and can come to thais o~r---guss-
illusions: During the year of 1883 it was
that first made regular trips over a road
leading from my own resident town to
another where Ihad formerly lived. These
towns are located in Texas aud are not
more than 45 miles distant from each
other. I generally stopped for a night
with an acquaintance at an old stone
house about Is miles from the town last
mentioned, and was received by my friend
courteuusly, and was always Hospitality
entertained. Nothing unnatural occurred
during any of my visits to excite atten-
;ion up to the night of tie 18th of March
Of the year isS3. At that time, it was
snrda, ri,.tt and mana of tho aven,s tho,
night shall ever forget. drove up to
the yard fence as had dane before many
n ti,ro and I.,vipr my team went;,to tho
hops. sxnoctinc, Ia find my friends thor.
reodv IN receive ,re Tn tbis was d;.,n.
poipted tbore was ons about the bonsc
After lookipa about for some time and
SATISFYING myself that all of the inmates
of the bonse were absent concluded in
setrle myself down for the night. as If
was then ,rovinc dark and believing Mt
the san,e fine .bat tbe occnnauts of fine
bonse would r,turn soon after pirbt fall
After turniue nv horses into the lot and
erli,,r an. tho si,ro.;or IF tho or,hs d
fodder s,ocl.s I wont into tho borso az
reo+i,o. 70 r.t,,rr or,e- ,ubi,o and ,..d
nv tea,, nv f,rt,,or axo,nir,,ion of e.,
bonse fonnd some nrov,s;ors and cool.
inr rtens,ls and - sroldar;rc ere :, III.
ere- ,laoo Concluded At 20 90. rrsal,
70 cat ,,bi., soon nrocrrod
to-, A.. e. 80 ,,or;.io,.. :, a. -.
Ae,er sr,,er ,vo-,. aoain =, tho 10, -
nv horsal -, ~ -, g .I....
hungry and unf.d th.v bod hoay cad
with cor, aud rodd.r a,,nio oud :, H.
Ian.o Tn - e.. -.
and lool.ad tl,oror,,ht,- -.
,xplanotior lint conId id noaa I'll
was actpaIIr . d,,d siIence al aIo,t anS
an one saw. ,,,vs.lf nno,,,,,o ,..,,;
,etrr,sd - ,hs ,,,,,s,... N, .,,,-...,
md after smoking and tbirrirr Of fbe
,ituation wondarinr What had hs.oma Of
nv friends tbe nsnal ocrnn.n,. of Tho
,opse. and also nj tho very sircpI,- o
nor +, which nv. te,r, bod hoan .arod g,
snreod INV ov, hI,n,,.,s on tho ,loor,,o
ore In. fir. and io,. do,yr 20 voc. 81 -
hiuk. Travellers at that day usually
,arried six shooters. had mine and it
vas in good shooting trim as l believed.
Towards midnight something aroused ME
rom a slumbcr, cannot saw what it was
,ut, yet, was surely awake, and looking
owards the fire which had now burned
ow, l saw two persons standing at the
DOT of my bed and near the fire, thew
eemed to be looking intentIy into it. One
# these persons was a dwarf man. not ex-
.eeding feet inches in height. the
,ther was bow. Neither of them had
IN hats or shoes the man wore short
cans round-about the bov wore No co,t
-,
"S stlr'iou anu iilsu'eneu ny what
aw. l knew these persons before me
lid not belong to the household of my
r;erd and believed IN r.oro ;n.ruda.
'''''' - 90 my "0'' i"'i''
ma perhaps thieNes' OF part OF, or
probably the outposts of gang of robbers, |
called to them and received no answer
H., IL, = =, -.
'i'eH Sl'OA' 9'i'' p! an" '''iu' what III
be deuce do you fellows want here, any
yay,' and the same time reached TO the |
,eod of my bed for nc nis+oI and f,rnd |
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